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Head of Global Regulatory Cooperation and International Procurement Negotiations at the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission. He previously served for over a decade as the Commission's Chief Trade Economist, providing economic analysis informing policies that govern more than €4.5 trillion in annual EU trade flows. Before joining the Commission, Dr. Cernat worked at UNCTAD (Geneva) and served as a trade negotiator for the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ahead of Romania's EU accession. He holds a PhD from the University of Manchester and a postgraduate diploma from the University of Oxford, and is the author of more than 20 publications on trade policy, global supply chains, services trade and corporate governance.

"Central and Eastern European Economies Today". Professor of Economics at the Warsaw School of Economics (faculty since 1990). Former head of the Section for East-Central European Countries at the UN Economic Commission for Europe (Geneva, 1991–95); consultant for UNIDO, the World Bank and the ILO. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (1995–97), member of the Monetary Policy Council (1998–2004) and Member of the European Parliament (2004–09, 2014–19). Author of over 200 academic publications and four books.

Chair: Maia Linask, University of Richmond

• The Impact of Tariffs on Inflation and Household Budgets Across Income Levels and Regions in the US — Janhavi Shankar Tripathi (St. Bonaventure); Erick W. Rengifo (Fordham)
• Behind the TCA: The Impact of Non-Tariff Measures on UK Exports to the EU after Brexit — Yexiang Wang; Sara Maioli (Newcastle)
• WTO Trade Disputes: Reading Between the Lines — Maia Linask (Richmond)

Chair: Oscar Lemmers, Hasselt University

• China's Growing Influence and Export-Platform FDI in Europe — Alena Dorakh (Trier)
• Foreign Direct Investments and the Development of International Trade in Services — Joanna Wyszkowska-Kuna (Lodz)
• Using Granular Product-Level Mapping of Global Value Chains to Identify Risks — Oscar Lemmers (Hasselt)

Chair: Janina Witkowska, University of Lodz

• Who Gains from EU–Mercosur Trade Deal? Evidence from a GTAP Model — Jakub Rybacki (Kozminski); Mateusz Mierzejewski (Cracow UE)
• Dispersed Hybrid Markets as a Tool of Introducing Sustainability in International Trade — Magdalena Śliwińska (PUEB)
• A New Generation of International Investment Agreements as Instruments of Fostering Sustainable Development — Janina Witkowska (Lodz)

Chair: Deeparghya Mukherjee, IIM Nagpur

• The Role of Digitally Deliverable Services in Shaping Inclusive Global Trade — Zuzanna Puweł (PUEB)
• The Competitiveness of Poland's Digital Exports — Ewa Mińska-Struzik (PUEB); Adam Struzik (AMU Poznań)
• Inter-modal Substitution in Services Exports: Sectoral and Regional Trends — Deeparghya Mukherjee (IIM Nagpur)

Chair: Małgorzata Bartosik-Purgat, PUEB

• Applying Digital Technologies to Improve Environmental Product Declarations: An Exploratory Study — Maria Kubala; Zakaria Talouni (PUEB)
• Technological Realignment and Intra-Family Power Shifts — Hanna Lobejko (PUEB)
• Cultural Determinants of Digital Trade Technologies: AR Adoption across Poland, the US, and South Korea — M. Bartosik-Purgat; T. Grzegorczyk; W. Rakowska (PUEB)

Chair: Xiaofen Chen, Truman State University

• From Dominance to Diversification: Global Reserve Currencies in an Era of Fragmentation — P. S. Niveditha (Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Cochin University)
• The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Stability: Implications for the Western Balkans — Hristina Balkanov (University of Belgrade)
• The Relationship among Inflation, Exchange Rate and Economic Growth in Ethiopia — Gaera Gudeta Negassa (Mizan Tepi)
• Reassessing Rigid Pegs: The Case of Hong Kong — Xiaofen Chen (Truman State)

Chair: Marzenna Weresa, Warsaw School of Economics

• Personalistic Rule: Institutional Erosion and Global Fragmentation Under the Trump Administration — Sarah K. Bryant; Gerald Seals (Newberry)
• Double Power: Governance and Business Join Forces — Inclusive Practices by Institutions in Rwanda — Barbara Jankowska; Maria Kubala (PUEB)
• Social Science Research on International R&D Collaboration in Global Disruptions: Network and Themes — Marzenna Weresa; Artur Tomeczek (SGH)

Chair: Marta Bengoa, City University of New York

• Bridging the Usage Gap: Behavioral Constraints in Mobile Financial Inclusion — Kenya, Philippines, Maldives, Sri Lanka — Scheherazade Rehman; Anoma Kulathunga (GWU)
• Constructing a LinkedIn-Based Dataset to Study Skilled Migration — Narendra Regmi (UW–Whitewater)
• Job Displacement and Electoral Backlash: How Offshoring Reshapes Voting Behavior in the UK — Marta Bengoa (CUNY); Sara Maioli (Newcastle)

Chair: Nandita Dasgupta, UMBC

• How do Geopolitical Tensions and Digitalization influence the globalization process? Insights from Empirical Data and Senior Management of TNCs — Marceli Hązła (PUEB)
• A Game Theoretic Analysis of Geoeconomic Competition in Critical Minerals: U.S.–China Policy Interaction and the Emergence of Friend-shoring — Nandita Dasgupta (UMBC)
• Leadership in the Era of Severed Linkages: Communication and Strategic Competencies of Knowledge Leaders Vis-à-vis the Deglobalization of Value Chains — Rafał Śliwiński (PUEB)

Chair: Kudret Topyan, Manhattan University

• Inclusivity as a Market Signal and Its Impact on Video Game Sales — Marcin Wieczerzycki (PUEB)
• When do Markets Penalize ESG Controversies with Higher Cost of Capital? The Role of Industry Environmental Sensitivity — Łukasz Bryl (PUEB)
• Risk Structure of Captive Finance Companies in the U.S. Automotive Industry — Kudret Topyan; Natalia Boliari (Manhattan)